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“Comparison is a waste of energy. Every individual is unique with unique talents. Find your passion and live your best life.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita We hear people using the term “Adulting” a lot lately, and we get it. Being a grown-up can be tedious and stressful. Daily tasks can get mundane. Sometimes we get so

We’re about to launch a six-part People Analytics Series, in which i4cp members who participate in any of our four Exchange groups will work collaboratively to advance the state of human capital analytics within their organizations and their functional areas (i.e., leadership development, performance management, engagement, and workforce planning). In advance of the June 27

For fashion lovers, it’s the most wonderful time of the year — trading in those bright summer outfits for dark-hued layers. While last year’s fall fashion trends focused on everything from over-sized attire to crocheted outfits and shearling, this year is veering on the simpler side of things. We’re talking about outfits and accessories with

“Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.” ~Epictetus Are you addicted to drama? I was, but I didn’t know it. I thought I was just responding to life, to what was happening. I really didn’t

When you walk by a high school, or even many junior highs, you’ll notice a trend. Students with cellphones in hand. Technology has made almost anything and everything easily accessible. Including pornography. “I felt very disconnected to my own sexuality just seeing porn for the first time,” said Teela. Story continues below Teela was 13

“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh I felt everything, from my lower back pain flaring up to tightness in my jaw where I clinch and carry my stress. With my eyes still closed, I rolled my shoulders and repositioned the pillow under my butt. Five minutes had passed, and I had no idea

Business leaders’ recent conversations with i4cp confirm that succession is on the minds of many. Hardly surprising, since planning for successors is vital for all key organizational positions, from critical-role individual contributors to top-of-the-house leaders. But our research found that many organizations have a dangerous gap in the pipeline for a vital C-level position. In

Part of “fitting in” at school often means wearing the latest trends, an expectation that Tennessee student Michael Todd knows all too well. Unfortunately, his mother couldn’t afford to continue buying new clothes because of how fast he was growing. Sadly still, students at MLK College Preparatory High School bullied him for wearing the same

“You only see in others what you have in yourself.” ~Annette Noontil I now recognize, after observing painful patterns repeat many times, how things that trigger me are just lessons I need to learn that are often delivered through other people. The more painful the experience, the more I can see (in retrospect) I learned

Here’s another excuse to take a mid-day nap. A new study published on Monday in the journal Heart suggests those who take daytime naps a few times a week have a lower risk of heart attack or stroke. Story continues below The study, which looked at 3,462 people in Switzerland, noted that this was the

“Life is a balance between what we can control and what we cannot. I am learning to live between effort and surrender.” ~Danielle Orner For too long, I felt myself pulled between two shores of my identity. On one side was my yoga teacher, meditator, healer identity—my tender side. On the other side was my

When autumn rolls around, sports fans usually have plenty to be excited for. Basketball stars return to the court, hockey players hit the ice and baseball and soccer teams head for their playoff stretches. There is no shortage of games, but attending them can be a costly affair, so many season seat holders sell some

Takeaway: For the greatest performance benefits, drink caffeine strategically, instead of habitually. Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes, 50s. Podcast Length: 24 minutes, 35s (link to play podcast at bottom of post). This week on Becoming Better, we dig into the science behind how you can extract as much energy—and productivity—out of caffeine as possible. I

Depression and anxiety. Two words we hear often, but unless we have actually lived with them, we cannot come close to understanding the tremendous impact they can have on one’s quality of life. Depression and anxiety can make people feel as if they are worthless and better off dead. What a horrible plague. But it

Varicose veins can be unsightly and painful, and, unfortunately, roughly 20 per cent of Canadian adults will struggle with them. The swollen, twisted veins typically appear as a bulge on the surface of lower limbs, and they occur when vein valves are damaged or don’t work well. Story continues below “Usually, veins carry blood from

This fall we observe the 125th anniversary of Labor Day in the U.S., a national holiday that came about in the 1830s to call attention to the predicament of workers (primarily in manufacturing), who were laboring an average of 70 hours per week. A century-and-a-quarter later, and well into the fourth industrial revolution, many of

Chest pain is common, but not all of cases of it are life-threatening. Dr. Mansoor Husain, a cardiologist and professor at the University of Toronto’s faculty of medicine, told Global News the causes of chest pain can vary depending on several factors. “The number of different sources of chest pain in a young person are

Headaches are common for all age groups, but when a child gets one, it may be hard for them to communicate how they feel. Dr. Gerald Friedman, pediatrician and headache specialist based in Thornhill, Ont., told Global News headaches occur in children and increase in frequency when they reach adolescence. “Approximately 50 per cent of

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ~Ernest Hemingway Recently I was invited to listen to a recorded presentation about humility, and it literally rocked my world. As I listened intently, the words “complete and whole” popped into my head. And then

“When haters go after your looks and differences … you know you’re winning.” This is a powerful statement from a powerful young girl, and just one example of what makes Greta Thunberg so unique and special. Even at the young age of 15, Greta Thunberg is very well known for her environmental activism, but right

The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) announced today that Kevin Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks, and Lucy Helm, Starbucks Executive Vice President, Chief Partner Officer, will serve as keynote speakers at the upcoming i4cp 2020 Next Practices Now Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Kevin Johnson, who became Starbucks’ CEO in 2017, has been with the

It’s the tale that all post-secondary students hear before starting school: chances are you will probably gain weight and eat unhealthy in the first year of college or university. Dubbed the ‘Freshman 15’, students are told they can gain up to 15 pounds in that first year. And while this is nothing new (or even

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~Mahatma Gandhi As a teen, I was passionately idealistic about justice, love, and compassion. Reading the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and other icons of justice inspired a desire to make a big change in the world. Older people would

Justin Bieber has gotten a lot of flack in recent years, from the media and his fans alike, for his increasingly outlandish and bad behavior. From illegally bringing his pet monkey into Germany to peeing in a mop bucket at a restaurant, the newly adult Bieber has seemed a far cry from the teen singing

According to a new study by rental platform Nestpick, London is the best city for Generation Z. Stockholm was ranked second, with Los Angeles, Toronto and New York City rounding out the top five. Story continues below The research, which defined Generation Z as people born between 1997 and 2012 (experts in the field have

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“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our hearts, we still cling to anything—anger, anxiety, or possessions—we cannot be free.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh Back in 2001, I was a freshman in college, and my saving grace from anxiety was a yoga class. More specifically, it was the

For most of us, true love happens just once in a lifetime. But for one couple, it ended up happening twice, in a most unusual way! Two years ago, tragedy struck and, at only 23 years old, Laura Faganello suffered a traumatic brain injury. It was a freak accident where a pole fell on her

The Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) regularly fields pulse surveys to query respondents about the practices currently in use in their companies and what’s planned for the future. On occasion, we ask survey respondents to tell us what they believe should be happening in their organizations. These responses are both validating and illuminating; the survey

Anyone who’s proposed knows it can be hard to find the perfect moment to do it. So why not give it a few test runs until the moment feels right? That’s the approach Edi Okoro adopted when he proposed to his girlfriend, Cally Read, in a series of covertly shot photos in which she does